Elderly Lorain couple held at gunpoint, car stolen

LORAIN -- Former Lorain auditor and safety-service director Wanda Tully and her husband, retired Admiral King band director Luther Tully, were held up at gunpoint in their driveway and had their car stolen Wednesday as they were unloading groceries.

Wanda Tully, 82, said they had just returned from Apples yesterday about 5 p.m. when two males ran across West 30th Street and into their lawn and demanded the keys to the Tullys' Toyota Corolla.

"He had a silver handgun and pointed it at my face," she said. "I said OK and they took off."

Luther Tully called 911 and told police his car had just been high jacked. Police located the car in the area of West 22rd Street and pursued the Toyota to West 23rd and Oakdale where one male was arrested, according to witnesses.

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Wanda Tully said police told her the suspects hit three other vehicles before the chase ended on West 23rd Street.

"They have one person in custody," she said.

Witnesses reported one of the suspects, described as a juvenile, fled the car, leading police on a short foot chase.

"We saw him being cuffed and placed in the back of a police cruiser," said a witness.

The Tullys' Toyota Corolla was towed from the scene. It was damaged on the front right passenger side and the front bumper.

Wanda Tully said the Toyota was the couple's only car as they recently sold their other car.

The Tullys seemed very composed after losing their car and groceries. "That was our only car; looks like we'll be eating at Mickey D's," she laughed.